Vile Creature are a Canadian doom duo and this is their second album.
This is a themed album that comes with a short story. It’s an ambitious concept, but seems to have been pulled off quite naturally by the band across this 42 minutes. Continue reading “Vile Creature – Cast of Static and Smoke (Review)”
Novaria are an atmospheric metal band from the Netherlands and this is their debut EP.
This is an interesting and enjoyable mix of progressive, atmospheric, and post-metal. These are only starting points, however, as Novaria mix a lot of different things together on EP1. Continue reading “Novaria – EP1 (Review)”
Endorphins Lost are from the US and Osk are from Canada. They have teamed up for this short and savage grindcore split.
Endorphins Lost give us four tracks of barely contained rage lasting around just as many minutes. Continue reading “Endorphins Lost/Osk – Split (Review)”
Neverending Winter are a Russian black metal band and this is their latest EP.
After very much enjoying last year’s Хиус, it’s with great pleasure that I listened to Сеногной. Continue reading “Neverending Winter – Сеногной (Review)”
This is the second album from UK sludge metal band Gurt.
This is heavy sludge metal, full of crushing groove and caustic vocals. Influenced by the Eyehategod school of thuggery, (but not limited to it), Skullossus is 40 minutes of romping sludge belligerence. Continue reading “Gurt – Skullossus (Review)”
Primal Rite are a hardcore/crossover band from the US and this is their debut album.
I very much enjoyed Primal Rite’s Sensory Link to Pain EP from last year, (the title track of which appears on this album), and now we have their first full length upon us. Continue reading “Primal Rite – Dirge of Escapism (Review)”
Earth Caller are an Australian metallic hardcore band and this is their second album.
Earth Caller’s metallic hardcore operates more on the hardcore side of the trenches, but that doesn’t mean that their beefy metallic content should be discarded, however. Continue reading “Earth Caller – Crystal Death (Review)”
Mammoth Grinder are a death metal band from the US and this is their fourth album.
Featuring current and ex-members of bands such as Darkest Hour, Iron Reagan, and Power Trip, it seems like an age since we’ve had a new album from this group of metallic miscreants, but now the wonderfully named Mammoth Grinder are Continue reading “Mammoth Grinder – Cosmic Crypt (Review)”
Stunted is a one-man industrial garage punk/rock band and this is his debut album.
Although a one-man project, the artist behind this band is joined by various guests across the release, (including one who brings a saxophone to the party). Continue reading “Stunted – Fault (Review)”
Escape Is Not Freedom and Dusk Village are both alternative/sludge metal bands, and they have teamed up with each other on this split.
Escape Is Not Freedom, (who we know from their 2015 album The Truants), start us off with two tracks, which last just under 10 minutes in total. Continue reading “Escape Is Not Freedom/Dusk Village – Split (Review)”
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